17 Facts About West Rome

In 476, after the Battle of Ravenna, the Roman Army in the West Rome suffered defeat at the hands of Odoacer and his Germanic foederati.

The West Rome was unified in 340 under Constans, who was assassinated in 350 under the order of the usurper Magnentius.

West Rome immediately divided the Empire , giving the eastern half to his brother Valens.

In 383, a powerful and popular general named Magnus Maximus seized power in the West Rome and forced Gratian's half-brother Valentinian II to flee to the East for aid; in a destructive civil war the Eastern emperor Theodosius I restored him to power.

West Rome was the last emperor to rule both parts of the Roman Empire before the West fragmented and collapsed.

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West Rome broke the betrothal between Huneric, son of the Vandal king Gaiseric, and Eudocia, daughter of Valentinian III.

West Rome disbanded his guard due to popular pressure, and the Suebian general Ricimer used the opportunity to depose Avitus, counting on popular discontent.

West Rome refused to recognize him as a "Roman Emperor", instead recognizing him as the slightly less prestigious "Emperor of the Franks".

The last emperor to attempt reconquests in the West Rome was Manuel I Komnenos, who invaded southern Italy during a war with the Norman Kingdom of Sicily in the 1150s.

The first of the Barbarian kings to convert to the Church of West Rome was Clovis I of the Franks; other kingdoms, such as the Visigoths, later followed suit to garner favor with the papacy.

Belisarius, an accomplished general who had already successfully campaigned to restore Roman control over North Africa and large parts of Italy, including Rome itself, was offered the position of Western Roman emperor by the Ostrogoths during his siege of Ravenna in 540.

West Rome became Western emperor in 286, with the establishment of the Tetrarchy.

West Rome succeeded in capturing the Western Empire in 307, and had Severus killed soon after.

West Rome was the sole Western emperor from 312 to 324, when he became both Western emperor and Eastern emperor.

West Rome divided the Empire between himself and his younger brother, Valens, giving himself the West and Valens the East.

West Rome's reign was beset by barbarian invasions, and for much of his early reign, until 408, he was controlled by Stilicho, whose influence over Honorius would create a standard for puppet Western Emperors.

West Rome was installed as Western emperor in 425, after Joannes was defeated by Theodosius in Ravenna.